Ottomar Starke

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Ottomar Starke (born June 21, 1886 in Darmstadt ; † August 8, 1962 in Baden-Baden ) was a German set designer , graphic artist , author and translator .

Life

Starke studied at the Royal School of Applied Arts in Munich with Maximilian Dasio, among others . He then worked as a set designer in Munich , Frankfurt am Main and Mannheim and in 1912 was appointed head of equipment at the opera and theater in Frankfurt am Main. The First World War interrupted this activity and he turned to graphic work. For example, it appeared in the magazine Der Bildermann. Stone drawings for the German people published by Paul Cassirer in 1916 his lithographs on the subject of the new society . His lithographs were also used in the War Time series published by Alfred Gold . Artists' leaflets 1914–1916 . His illustrations can be found in many works of world literature.

In 1920, Starke and Alfred Flechtheim founded the cultural magazine Der Cross-Section - the magazine of current eternity values . The magazine existed with varying degrees of success until it was banned by Joseph Goebbels in 1936. He published his own articles in the magazines Ulk , Uhu and Scherls Magazin . He wrote several books, including detective novels, wrote radio plays and theater comedies and worked as a translator.

In 1933 Starke became a member of the NSDAP . However, this did not prevent five of his works from being removed from the holdings of German museums as part of the Degenerate Art campaign in 1937. In 1956 he published his autobiography As For My Life . He is known for his knowledge of Japanese art and publications on the subject.

Exhibitions

  • 1920: Walter Boetticher. Drawings by Ottomar Starke , Galerie Flechtheim , Düsseldorf, Königsallee 34
  • 1923: Ottomar Starke. Oil paintings, pastels, watercolors, hand drawings , Galerie Flechtheim, Düsseldorf.
  • 1930: Since Liebermann in Germany. Watercolors, drawings, graphics , with others. Flechtheim Gallery, Düsseldorf.

Publications

  • with Günter Markert and Werner Schmalenbach : Art of distant worlds . Knorr and Hirth, Munich 1965.
  • Japanese colored woodcuts , compiled and explained by Ottomar Starke. German Book Association, Berlin / Darmstadt / Vienna 1961.
  • Eight chess pieces , detective novel. German Book Association, Berlin / Darmstadt / Vienna 1960.
  • Tsu Hsi - Deeds and death of the last Asian despot . Holle-Verlag, Baden-Baden 1960.
  • Early Japanese - Book Illustrations ; from the holdings of the art library in Berlin, photographed by Detlef Michael Noack . Knorr & Hirth, Munich / Ahrbeck 1958.
  • As for my life: memories , with drawings by the author. Herbig, Berlin-Grunewald 1956.
  • The trick with the water , detective novel. Amsel-Verlag, Berlin 1954. New edition 1958, German Book Association.
  • Shots from the afterlife , detective novel. Amsel-Verlag, Berlin 1954.
  • Old German proverbs . Paul Mechel, Luckenwalde 1946.
  • Schippeliana: a bourgeois picture book , foreword by Carl Sternheim , Verlag Kurt Wolff , Leipzig 1917.
Illustrations
  • Georg Brates: You and Philosophy: A Modern World Wisdom for Everyone , Ullstein, Berlin 1955 (with 255 drawings)
Translations
  • Original: André Louis Simon : A Dictionary of Wines, Spirits and Liqueurs
    • From wine and other spirits . Herbig, Berlin-Grunewald 1965.
personal data
SURNAME Strong, Ottomar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German set designer, graphic artist, author and translator
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt , Grand Duchy of Hesse
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1962
Place of death Baden-Baden